IGR J12580+0134: The First Tidal Disruption Event with an Off-beam Relativistic Jet

Understand

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can capture and tidally disrupt stars or sub-stellar objects orbiting nearby.

• The detections of Sw J1644+57-like events suggest that at least some TDEs can launch a relativistic jet beaming towards Earth.
• A natural expectation would be the existence of TDEs with a relativistic jet beaming away from Earth.
• The nearby TDE candidate IGR J12580+0134 provides new insights into the jet phenomenon.